Name: XU Li
Current Appointment: Associate Professor
Education:
2017 Ph.D. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2014 M.S. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
2011 B.S. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
Areas of Specialization:
Carbon storage and sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems
Carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus coupling cycling in ecosystems
Representative Publications: (* corresponding author, # co-first author)
1. Yu C, Xu L*, Li MX, He NP. Phosphorus storage and allocation in vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau. Ecological Indicators. 2022, 145: 109636.
2. Liu Y, Xu L*, Zheng S, Chen Z, Cao YQ, Wen XF, He NP. Temperature sensitivity of soil microbial respiration in soils with lower substrate availability is enhanced more by labile carbon input. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2021, 154:108148.
3. Li Q, Hou JH*, He NP, Xu L*, Zhang ZH. Changes in leaf stomatal traits of different aged temperate forst stands. Journal of Forestry Research. 2021, 32: 927-936.
4. Hou JH#, Tian JX#, Xu L*, Zhang ZH, Chen Z, He NP. Selective harvesting at rational intervals promotes carbon sequestration in temperate coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests in China. Journal of Forestry Research. 2021, 32:1025-1033.
5. Xu L, He NP*, Yu GR. Nitrogen storage in China’s terrestrial ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment. 2020, 709, 136201.
6. Xu L, He NP*. Nitrogen storage and allocation in China’s forest ecosystems. Science China Earth Science. 2020, 63(10): 1475-1484.
7. Liu Y, Wang CH, Xu L*, He NP. Effect of grazing exclusion on the temperature sensitivity of soil net nitrogen mineralization in the Inner Mongolian grasslands. European Journal of Soil Biology. 2020, 97:103171.
8. Bian HF, Zheng S, Liu Y, Xu L*, Chen Z, He NP. Changes to soil organic matter decomposition rate and its temperature sensitivity along water table gradients in cold-temperate forest swamps. Catena. 2020, 194: 104684.
9. Xu L, Yu GR*, He NP. Increased soil organic carbon storage in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems from the 1980s to the 2010s. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 2019, 29(1): 49-66.
10. Liu CC, Li Y, Xu L*, Chen Z, He NP. Variation in leaf morphological stomatal, and anatomical traits and their relationship in temperate and subtropical forests. Scientific Reports. 2019, 9: 5803.
11. Cao YQ, Xu L*, Zhang Z, Chen Z, He NP. Soil microbial metabolic quotient in Inner Mongolia grasslands: patterns and influence factors. Chinese Geographical Science. 2019, 29(6):1001-1010.
12. Xu L, Yu GR*, He NP*, Wang QF, Gao Y, Wen D, Li SG, Niu SL, Ge JP. Carbon storage in China’s terrestrial ecosystems: A synthesis. Scientific Reports. 2018, 8: srep2806.
13. Xu L#, Wang CY#, Zhu JX, Gao Y, Li ML, Lv YL, Yu GR, He NP*. Latitudinal patterns and influencing factors of soil humic carbon fractions from tropical to temperate forests. Journal of Geographical Sciences. 2018, 28(1):15-30.
14. Yan P, Xu L*, He NP. Variation in the calorific values of different plants organs in China. PLOS ONE. 2018. 13(6): e0199762.
15. Li J, He NP*, Xu L*, Chai H, Liu Y, Wang DL, Wang L, Wei XH, Xue JY, Wen XF, Sun XM. Asymmetric responses of soil heterotrophic respiration to rising and decreasing temperatures. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 2017, 106:18-27.
16. Xu L, Wen D, Zhu JX, He NP*. Regional variation in carbon sequestration potential of forest ecosytems in China. Chinese Geographical Science. 2017, 27(3): 337-350.
17. Xu L, He NP*, Yu GR*. Methods of evaluating soil bulk density: Impact on estimating large-scale soil organic carbon storage. Catena. 2016, 144: 94-101.
18. Xu L, He NP*, Yu GR*, Wen D, Gao Y, He HL. Pedotransfer functions of bulk density lead to high uncertainty in soil organic carbon estimation at regional scales: evidence from Chinese terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeoscience. 2015, 120: 1567-1575.
19. Xu L, He NP*, Yu GR, Zhao H, Chai H. The integrative method of multi-source data on terrestrial ecosystem carbon storage from field observation. Acta Ecologica Sinica. 2023, 43(11). doi: 10.5846/stxb202107211970. ( in Chinese)
20. Xu L, Wu ZL, Hou JH, Li MX, He NP*. Assessment of ecosystem quality in nature reserves based on ideal references and key indicators: a case study of Erguna, Hui River, and Xilin Gol National Nature Reserves. Journal of Natural Resources. 2022, 37(7): 1735-1747. ( in Chinese)
21. Xu L, He NP, Yu GR*. A dataset of carbon density in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems (2010s) China Scientific Data. 2019, 4(1). ( in Chinese)
22. Xu L, He NP*. A dataset of forest soil properties in the north-south transect of eastern China. China Scientific Data. 2019, 4(1). ( in Chinese)
23. Xu L, Yu GR*, He NP. Changes of soil organic carbon storage in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems from the 1980s to the 2010s. 2018, 73(11): 2150-2167. ( in Chinese)
24. Chang JJ, Xu L*, Xue JY, Yang H, He NP, Zhang JJ. Effects of grazing intensity on soil organic matter and microorganisms in the Zoige alpine meadow. Acta Prataculturae Sinica. 2018, 27(1):22-31. ( in Chinese)
25. Xu L, Yu SX, He NP*, Wen XF, Shi PL, Zhang YJ, Dai JZ, Wang RM. Soil C mineralization and temperature sensitivity in alpine grasslands of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 2013, 37(1): 988-997. ( in Chinese)
Major Research Projects:
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (32171544, 31800368)
2. Chinese Academy of Sciences Priority Research Program (XDA19020302; XDA23080401)
3. National Science and Technology Basic Resources Survey Program of China (2019FY101300)
Contact:
Office Address:
Room 427, Building No.B IGSNRR
11A Da Tun Road
An Wai, Beijing 100101
People’s Republic of China
Telephone: 86-10-6488-9263
Email: xuli@igsnrr.ac.cn
Updated on November 21, 2022
